Post-consumer recycled content (“PCR”) plays an important role in extended producer responsibility (“EPR”) programs for packaging. Among other purposes, the EPR programs are intended to ...

With the final round of plastics treaty talks opening Aug. 5 in Geneva, debates over resin production caps continue but some ...

And the FTC is updating the Green Guides, which spell out how companies can advertise recycled content in sustainable products. Those officials, too, are considering whether to allow mass balance.

The company said three other Kromekote products will feature 30 percent PCW content by this fall. Other products are being reviewed for higher levels of post-consumer waste fibers. SMART Papers' ...

In July, Republic announced a deal to supply PET flake to beverage giant Coca-Cola Co., which plans to use at least 50 percent recycled content in its packaging by 2030.

For example, this year, Post Consumer Brands hit the 90% mark in the approximate weight of cereal packaging now made from recycled content or renewable resources and designed to be recyclable.